GAMEDAY CENTRAL
IUP Crimson Hawks (21-7, 17-4  PSAC)
at Seton Hill Griffins (10-17, 6-15 PSAC)
Saturday, February 24, 2018 | 3 p.m.
Greensburg, Pa. | McKenna Center

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PSAC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Feb. 28 Quarterfinals vs. TBD (7:30 p.m.)

THE GAME AT A GLANCE
The IUP men's basketball team (21-7, 17-4 PSAC) wraps up its regular season Saturday with a trip to Greensburg to play Seton Hill (10-17, 6-15 PSAC). Tipoff at the McKenna Center is scheduled for 3 p.m. The Crimson Hawks clinched their eighth PSAC West title in the last nine years with a 77-69 win over Edinboro Wednesday and brings a three-game win streak into the weekend. Seton Hill has won two straight after dropping four in a row. 

TIPOFF NOTES
>> The Crimson Hawks are PSAC West champs under HC Joe Lombardi for third straight year; They've clinched the No. 1 seed in the division and a home quarterfinal game Wednesday
>> IUP has posted 10 straight 20-win seasons under HC Joe Lombardi; The Crimson Hawks are 255-60 (.810) under Lombardi since the start of the 2008-09 season
>> IUP defeated Seton Hill 92-70 in the first meeting back on Jan. 24; Sr. G Anthony Glover, Jr. (Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit) scored 24 points and Jr. F Willem Brandwijk (Voorburg, The Netherlands/Holderness School (NH)) had a double-double
>> IUP is 9-2 in true road games this season, falling to West Chester (93-78) and Gannon (75-66)
>> Seton Hill is 6-7 in the McKenna Center this year, 1-4 against PSAC teams since Jan. 17

SERIES WITH SETON HILL
>> The Crimson Hawks lead the all-time series with Seton Hill 13-1
>> Every meeting between these two teams has come during the Joe Lombardi era (2006-present); IUP's only loss to Seton Hill came on Feb. 24, 2016 in Greensburg (91-83)
>> IUP is 5-1 against the Griffins in Greensburg

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE GRIFFINS
>> Seton Hill is 10-17 overall and tied for seventh in the PSAC West with a 6-15 league record
>> The Griffins rebounded from a recent four-game losing streak to win back-to-back games against Salem International (90-81) and Cal (84-64)
>> Seton Hill turns the ball over 15.3 times per game, the most in the PSAC West
>> Sr. F Spencer Casson is second in Division II with 3.69 blocks per game; He's averaging 5.3 blocks in his last eight games and had four against IUP on Jan. 24
>> Jr. G Trevor Blondin is 7th in the PSAC with 21.0 PPG; He scored 25 points with 11 boards in the first meeting

IUP HAS WON EIGHT PSAC WEST REGULAR SEASON TITLES IN LOMBARDI ERA
>> The Crimson Hawks clinched their third straight - and eighth in nine years - with a 77-69 win over Edinboro
>> IUP has a 146-29 (.834) PSAC record under Lombardi since the 2009-10 season; The Crimson Hawks have the most overall and conference wins of any PSAC team in the last nine seasons
>> IUP is the No. 1 seed in the West for the third straight year and will host a PSAC quarterfinal game Wednesday

CRIMSON HAWKS ON THE EDGE OF ANOTHER NCAA TOURNAMENT BID
>> The Crimson Hawks have been ranked 5th in both NCAA Division II Atlantic Region rankings releases; The NCAA field of 64 will be announced Sunday, March 4
>> IUP has 15 NCAA tournament appearances, including eight under Lombardi (2009-15, 2017)
>> The Crimson Hawks have six Elite Eight appearances and have been to the title game twice (2010, 2015)

CRIMSON HAWKS ONE OF TOP 3-POINT SHOOTING TEAMS IN REGION
>> IUP leads the PSAC and ranks fourth in the Atlantic Region with a 38.9 3FG% (274-705)
>> The Crimson Hawks' 274 made 3s are second overall in the PSAC; their 9.8 3s made per game are also second
>> They're averaging 11.7 made 3s in the last seven games, including 20 at Clarion and 13 against Edinboro
>> Those 20 made 3s at Clarion are the second most in single game IUP history (22 vs. Mansfield, 2000)

GLOVER AMONG THE TOP SCORERS IN THE PSAC
>> Sr. G Anthony Glover, Jr. (Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit) is having quite a season, leading the Crimson Hawks and ranking 9th in the PSAC with a scoring average of 20.1 PPG
>> Last Wednesday at Clarion, Glover broke the IUP single season 3-point record and currently has a PSAC-leading 95 treys on the year (7th in Division II)
>> Glover is one of the best pure shooters in the PSAC, ranking 1st with 3.4 made 3FGs per game, 2nd with a 45.2 3FG%, 8th with an 84.5 FT% (82-97), and 15th with a 47.7 FG% (193-405)
>> He's scored 20 points 15 times this year, with three 30-point performances
>> Glover scored a career-high 34 points (8-15 FGs, 6-8 3FGs, 12-12 FTs) in an 89-85 win over Slippery Rock (Jan. 8)
>> Glover's 563 points is 12th in IUP single season history - 11. Lawrence Baker (580, 2005-06), 10. Mike Beckles (595, 1999-00), Ayyub Ali (596, 2004-05), 8. Terrance Flowers (611, 1996-97) 

DIAZ WAS SECOND IUP PLAYER TO REACH 1,000 CAREER POINTS THIS YEAR, HAS 12 DOUBLE-DOUBLES
>> Jr. F Jacobo Diaz (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain/CBA Gran Canaria) joined Glover in the 1,000-point club in the Crimson Hawks' win at Slippery Rock (Jan. 31)
>> Diaz is 2nd on the team with 14.8 PPG and 4th in the PSAC with 9.5 RPG
>> He has 12 double-doubles in 28 games this year, bringing his career total to 28 (14 last year, two as a frosh)
>> Diaz was one of 100 players named to the Bevo Francis Award Watch List, which goes to the top small college player in the nation; It's the second straight year he was named to the watch list
>> The reigning PSAC West Player of the Year, Diaz averaged 14.4 PPG and 10.0 RPG in earning All-American and All-Atlantic Region honors; He was a preseason All-American this season

LOMBARDI ALSO REACHED 1,000 CAREER POINTS, IS ONE OF TOP ASSIST MEN IN THE PSAC
>> Lombardi reached the career 1,000-point milestone last Saturday, joining Glover and Diaz this season
>> His scoring has increased of late, averaging 15.5 points over the last nine games, including three 20-point outings and a career-high 23 points against Seton Hill (Jan. 24)
>> He is currently 3rd in the PSAC with 5.2 assists per game and has a 28-12 assist-turnover ratio (2.33) over his last five games; Lombardi dished out a season-high 10 assists against Gannon (Feb. 3)
>> Lombardi was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Men's Basketball Team Thursday; He's one of six on the District 2 team and has a 3.80 cumulative GPA